[MWC 2014] The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 is officially announced, shows iterative Improvements

It’s not quite the Snapdragon 805, but we’ll take it. Qualcomm has announced at MWC 2014 the next iteration of its Snapdragon processor series with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. While not a quantum leap from the original Snapdragon 800, the 801 was designed to be interchangeable with the 800, which makes it perfect for manufacturers to replace their planned 800s with this new processor.

The Snapdragon 801 boasts 14% faster Krait cores, 28% faster processing from its Adreno 330 graphics processor and most notably a 45% increase in image processing speed. Qualcomm says all of this will be available as soon as the end of March, and the new processor has already been announced in the new Sony Xperia Z2, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see it in a few more devices at MWC 2014, including the Samsung Galaxy S5.

The image processing appears to be the prime reason Qualcomm has iterated the Snapdragon processor particularly for devices with huge camera sensors like the Sony Xperia Z1 (20.7MP) and Nokia Lumia 1020 (41MP).  And as always with Qualcomm’s newest processors, the 801 is able to be even more thrifty with battery power than its predecessor.

What do you think of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801? Excited to see it in the devices being announced at MWC 2014? Let us know what you think.

Source: Phone Arena